OnePlus 5T Vs OnePlus 5: What’s different?

The OnePlus 5T has launched, and is an upgraded version of the OnePlus 5 that was launched only five months ago. Here’s a look at what’s different in the new smartphone.

The OnePlus 5T has been launched, and will be priced from Rs 32,999 onwards in India. It’s an updated version of the OnePlus 5 that was launched in June this year, with small changes reminiscent of what the OnePlus 3T was to the OnePlus 3. The changes are small, but important in keeping the model relevant and up to date for buyers ahead of the festive seasons in North America, Europe and China.

However, if you’ve just bought a OnePlus 5 or are planning to get the OnePlus 5T, you’ll be wondering what the differences are between the two phones. We’ve put together the list of differences for your reading pleasure; read on to find out.

Bigger screen

While the OnePlus 5 came with a 5.5-inch full-HD AMOLED screen, the OnePlus 5T comes with a slight improvement in this department. The phone features a 6-inch full-HD+ screen with a resolution of 1080×2160 pixels, which has an 18:9 aspect ratio and a larger screen-to-body ratio than that of the OnePlus 5. The screen remains an Optic AMOLED screen, though, and comes with a new color calibration mode called ‘adaptive’, which adjust the color calibration according to the ambient light and content on the screen.

Fingerprint sensor is now at the back

OnePlus has typically stuck to a front fingerprint sensor for its phones, but the large 18:9 aspect ratio screen means that there’s no room left for the pill-shaped sensor at the front anymore. The solution is to move the sensor to the back of the phone, similar to what a lot of high-end smartphones have today. The sensor remains ceramic, but is now round, and placed just above the OnePlus logo in the top third of the phone. The sensor can also be used as a swipe and touch-sensitive capacitive button, to drop the notification shade or to use as a shutter button for the camera.

No more capacitive navigation keys

The reduction of non-screen space at the front of the phone also means that the capacitive navigation keys at the front have been done away with. The Android navigation keys are now on-screen by default, and can be toggled to be hidden when not in use to take full advantage of the large screen and wide aspect ratio.

Face Recognition Unlock

Just like the Apple iPhone X, the OnePlus 5T features face recognition to unlock the phone. The phone uses 100 facial feature identity points to identify your face and unlock the phone quickly. It can be set to unlock the phone but hold at the lock screen, or directly take you to the home screen on waking the device while you look at it.

Camera

There isn’t much different in the camera on the OnePlus 5T, with only one of the three camera sensors seeing a change. The 20-megapixel zoom and depth sensor in the rear dual-camera setup now uses a Sony IMX 376K sensor. The aperture has been increased to f/1.7 from f/2.4, which will make a difference both in the quality of zoomed-in images and the phone’s portrait mode for bokeh effects.

OxygenOS 4.7

Although the OnePlus 5 is eventually expected to also get an update to OxygenOS 4.7, this is first seen on the OnePlus 5T. Additionally, both the OnePlus 5 and 5T will be updated to Android 8.0 Oreo in the coming months. Key changes on OxygenOS 4.7 include parallel apps, gallery map, new icon packs, swappable navigation buttons and a new-look notification shade and status bar.

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